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(No Model.) E. A. PEASLEY.

Gate.

No. 236,693. Patented Jan. 18,1881.

MFETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICEO EDWARD A. PEASLEY, OF PANCOASTBURG, OHIO.

GATE.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,693, dated January 18, 1881. Application filedNoveinher 2, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD A. PEASLEY, of Pancoastburg, in the county of Fayette and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and useit, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in gates; and it consists in hanging the gate upon hinge-rods which are placed between the panels of the gate, are slotted at each end, and connected diagonally together by braces, in combination with pivoted catches which are fastened to the gate, and which, by catching against the upper ends of the braces, prevent the gate from moving endwise on the rods, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of myinvention is to prevent the gate from sagging and to enable the gate to move back and forth upon the hinge-rods, so that it can be made to close against either side of the post, or be locked against the center of the post, so that it cannot be readily opened.

Figure l is a side elevation of a gate embodying myinvention. Fig.2 is a detail view of the post against which the gate closes.

A represents the post upon which the gate is hung and to which the pivotal rod- B is secured. The post (3, against which the gate closes, is provided with a fastening device upon each of its sides, in which the latch of the gate F catches, a fastening device upon its inner side, in which the latch can be made to catch, and has the holeH made through its center, into which the end of the latch may be forced when it is desired to lock the gate so that animals cannot possibly open it.

The gateis constructed in the usual manner, and to it are applied the two metallic hingerods L, which have their outer ends fastened upon the pivotal rod B and their inner ends extending inward beyond the center of the gate. Each end of both of these rods is provided with a slot, 0, through which slots pass the pins P, for the purpose of regulating the distance the gate shall move upon the rods. The slots in each end of these hinge-rods allow the gate to he pushed back and forth upon the rods, as it is desired to close the gate against the side of the post, upon the center catch, or have the latch catch in the hole in the post.

When it is desired that the gate shall close against either side of the post the gate is pulled outward upon the two hinge-rods to the full extent of the slots, and the gate will then be too long to close inside of the two posts, and its latch will catch over the fastening on its side. When the gate is pushed backward the full length of the slots the gate will allow its latch to close upon the center catch, and then can be opened freely in either direction, instead of in one direction only, as when its latch catches against the side of the post.

When it is desired to lock the gate, so that persons who do not understand its operation or so that animals cannot open it, the gate is moved inward on the rods, so that when it is closed the latch will have its end just opposite to the holein the center of the post, and then the gate is moved forward on the rods the full length of the slots, so that the end of the latch will be forced into the hole. While thus held the gate can neither he opened to either side nor pushed backward, except by one who understands how to loosen it.

The two hinge-rods are connected together by means of the diagonal brace L, as shown, and which brace serves not only to strengthen the two hinge-rods in position, but serves for the pivoted catches N to catch against. One of these brace-rods extends up on each side of the gate, and upon each side is also placed a pivoted catch, N, having a series of notches in its lower end, so as to catch against the up per ends of the braces, and thus lock the gate in any desired position into which it may be adjusted upon the hinge-rods.

\/Vhen the gate is forced forward upon the hinge-rods so that the latch will strike against the side of the post, the upper ends of the brace-rods catch in the last notch in the lower ends of the pivoted catches, and thus prevent the gate from being moved back, either accidentally or by persons who do not understand its operation.

By using hinged rods which extend past the center of the gate, and then connecting them together by means of braces, as here shown, the gate is held Very rigidly in position and is prevented from sagging at its outer end.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a swinging gate, the combination, with the gate, of the pivotal rod secured to the post A, the hinge-rods upon which the gate slides, the diagonal brace by which the rods are connected together, and the pivotal catches, substantially as shown.

2. The combination of the gate F, the pivotal rod B, the two hinge-rods L, provided have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of 2 5 October, 1880.

EDWARD A. PEASLEY.

Witnesses:

J. W. SMITH,

J. L. CORKWELL. 

